RE: [emergency] Identity and Authority ( was RE: CAP Visualization...)

From
Kon Wilms <>
Date
2004-05-20T19:31:24+00:00
ID
009c01c43e9f$0c8261d0$a8011aac@lt101
Thread
RE: [emergency] Identity and Authority ( was RE: CAP Visualization...)
> While it might be tempting to hard-wire those decisions into a system
> policy on "authorization," such an authoritarian approach could cause
> inflexibility and preclude  productive ad-hoc and "emergent"
> processes.  Besides, by what authority could anyone be prohibited
> from issuing a warning?  Might not that raise a First Amendment issue?

Do we really want the hackers and script kiddies sending biological
alerts, or the old lady sending a 'cat stuck in my tree' CAP alert? :)
There at least has to be one level of human filtering of the alert if it
comes from a source other than the defined 'chain of command'. Just my
2c..

Cheers
Kon

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